Re: [9fans] a question on style

["bblochl@fh-lausitz.de" <bblochl@fh-lausitz.de>]

Pietro Gagliardi schrieb:
> On Aug 1, 2008, at 11:37 AM, Steve Simon wrote:
>
>>> OK, am I just out of date or is there a real reason for linker
>>> sets?
>>
>> I see it this way:
>>
>> using linker sets means you have to learn and understand the linkers
>> language
>> to understand how the system is configured (when trying to track down
>> a problem)
>>
>> using a bit of script to generate some tables of C code you just need to
>> know C.
>>
>> This combined with the theroy that there is too much to learn and the
>> less new stuff
>> I need to learn to get a job done the better makes the choice easy
>> (IMHO).
>>
>> -Steve
>>
>
> Plus, linker sets are nonportable. I don't see 8l supporting them, so
> I don't think we'll be using them... but all the world uses GCC
> nowadays, so why bother with portability anymore?
>
>
>
Beside all that different opinions - I don`t want to meddle - there is a
port of gcc for plan9 on http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sources/extra/gcc/.
Never tried it.

Regards

BB